Chess tournament draws 150 kids to Weber Elementary
About 150 children from kindergarten to sixth grade gathered at Weber Elementary in Iowa City for a free chess competition. Greg Schmidt led the event with 71 boards and 2 272 pieces while instructors praised the game's life skills.
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Education at Iowa City legislative forum dominates issue list
About 60 attendees at Iowa City City Hall heard lawmakers discuss budget, veterans benefits and education. Teachers urged continued funding and cancer prevention support while doctors praised smoking ban and higher tobacco taxes.
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Cedar Rapids man held on robbery charges
Elijah C. Newman a 20 year old of Cedar Rapids is jailed on a first degree robbery charge in connection with a Dec 29 incident. Police allege Newman and another man abducted Riley O De an 19 near First Avenue East and 29th Street then forced him into a car robbed him pistol whipped him and left him with a facial injury. Bond set at 20000.
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Illinois governor pledges millions toward two Iowa rail routes
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced plans to spend 60 million in state funds on a Chicago to Dubuque Amtrak route creating up to 2000 jobs including 650 construction positions. He also pledged 45 million for a Chicago to Quad Cities line with about 825 jobs, 440 of them construction. The plans follow news that federal stimulus funds were not approved.
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